Sen. Graham Demands To Know Whether FBI Tipped Off CNN to Stone Raid

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday denounced the “media circus” of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and the tactics used to arrest Trump supporter Roger Stone at his Florida home.

Stone was arrested Friday as part of Mueller’s long-running probe into allegations that Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia. Stone was indicted on charges of obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering related to comments he made and actions he took regarding the release of information by WikiLeaks in 2016, Fox News has reported.

Stone was arrested by multiple heavily armed agents.

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A CNN film crew was there to record the event.

In response, Graham fired off a letter Wednesday to FBI Director Christopher Wray.

“I am concerned about the manner in which the arrest was effectuated, especially the number of agents involved, the tactics employed, the timing of the arrest, and whether the FBI released details of the arrest and the indictment to the press prior to providing this information to Mr. Stone’s attorneys,” Graham wrote.

Graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, noted that he has supported Mueller’s freedom to take his investigation where it needed to go.

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“I am leery that a subject of the Special Counsel’s investigation, who had retained counsel, had publicly stated that he believed that he would at some point be indicted, and was apparently willing to surrender voluntarily, was arrested in a pre-dawn raid at his home,” Graham wrote.

“Although I am sure these tactics would be standard procedure for the arrest of a violent offender, I have questions regarding their necessity in this case.”

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On Friday, CNN producer David Shortell told “New Day’s” Alisyn Camerota that it was just “reporter’s instinct” that a crew was present.

Graham’s letter made it clear he was not quite buying that claim.

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“Did anyone at the FBI, DOJ, or the Special Counsel’s office alert CNN, any other media outlet, or anyone outside of law enforcement that the arrest was going to occur on the morning of January 25, 2019?” Graham wrote.

Graham’s letter came as Trump told The Daily Caller he was “speaking for a lot of people that were very disappointed to see that go down that way. To see it happen where it was on camera, on top of it. That was a very, very disappointing scene.”

Jack Davis is a free-lance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.

Jack Davis is a free-lance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.
Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com.